In order to begin to gain experience with adapting lessons to meet the realities of technology resources found in today’s classrooms, you will collaboratively work as a team to brainstorm and present your lesson modification. For this activity, you are a 5th grade teacher in an elementary school. You have 30 students in your class. You have found a WebQuest called A Night of Terror, which has students create their own special broadcast news report on a tornadoes. The problem is that you don’t have the necessary technology for this activity, so you need to figure out how to modify the lesson to work within the limitations of your classroom.
2) Next, you will read the different possible classroom configurations. Patti will assign you to one of the following classroom configurations:
Configuration A: You are teaching in a one-computer classroom. You have Internet access and a printer. Your computer has a web cam attached to it. The software on your computer includes Microsoft Office, Movie Maker, and Internet Explorer. There is no LCD projector or screen. There is no computer lab in the building. All classrooms in the school have the same technology available.
Configuration B: You have a TV, DVD Player, and Video Camera in your room. You have no computer. There is no computer lab in the building.
Configuration C: You have 5 computers with Internet access in your classroom. Your computers have Microsoft Office, Movie Maker, and Internet Explorer. You also have an LCD projector, screen, and digital camera (takes stills and a few seconds of video). You do not have a video camera, web cam, or printer. There is no computer lab in the school. All classrooms have the same equipment available.
Configuration D: You have 1 computer lab in the school with 25 computers. You have access to the computer lab once per week. The lab computers have Microsoft Office, Movie Maker, and Internet Explorer. There is one printer in the lab. The lab has very slow Internet access. There are no computers in your classroom. There is no video camera, web cam, LCD projector, or screen.
Configuration E: You have 5 computers in your classroom. These computers do not have Internet access. You also have a teacher computer with Internet access. You have a printer connected to the teacher computer. You have a web camera. You have no LCD projector or screen. All computers have Microsoft Office and Movie Maker. There is no computer lab in the school. All classrooms have the same equipment available.
Configuration F: You have a SMART Board in your classroom, a computer with Internet access, and printer. The computer has Microsoft Office, Movie Maker, and Internet Explorer. You also have a scanner. You do not have a web cam or video camera. There is no computer lab in the school.
Configuration G: You are in a one-computer classroom. Your computer has Internet access. You have a video camera. Your computer has Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Movie Maker. You do not have an LCD projector, screen, printer, or TV. There is no computer lab in the school. All classrooms have the same equipment available. 3) For your assigned configuration, you will brainstorm with your group about how you can adapt the lesson so that you can still use it in your classroom even though you don’t have all the necessary technology. Please use what you learned from readings That’s Not a Drinking Fountain and How to Thrive article, which you have just read.
4) Document your main ideas on the page associated with your assigned configuration (4 to 5 bullet points).
5) Elect one person from your group to present your ideas to the class.
1) To begin this activity, you will review the A Night of Terror
2) Next, you will read the different possible classroom configurations. Patti will assign you to one of the following classroom configurations:
Configuration A: You are teaching in a one-computer classroom. You have Internet access and a printer. Your computer has a web cam attached to it. The software on your computer includes Microsoft Office, Movie Maker, and Internet Explorer. There is no LCD projector or screen. There is no computer lab in the building. All classrooms in the school have the same technology available.
Configuration B: You have a TV, DVD Player, and Video Camera in your room. You have no computer. There is no computer lab in the building.
Configuration C: You have 5 computers with Internet access in your classroom. Your computers have Microsoft Office, Movie Maker, and Internet Explorer. You also have an LCD projector, screen, and digital camera (takes stills and a few seconds of video). You do not have a video camera, web cam, or printer. There is no computer lab in the school. All classrooms have the same equipment available.
Configuration D: You have 1 computer lab in the school with 25 computers. You have access to the computer lab once per week. The lab computers have Microsoft Office, Movie Maker, and Internet Explorer. There is one printer in the lab. The lab has very slow Internet access. There are no computers in your classroom. There is no video camera, web cam, LCD projector, or screen.
Configuration E: You have 5 computers in your classroom. These computers do not have Internet access. You also have a teacher computer with Internet access. You have a printer connected to the teacher computer. You have a web camera. You have no LCD projector or screen. All computers have Microsoft Office and Movie Maker. There is no computer lab in the school. All classrooms have the same equipment available.
Configuration F: You have a SMART Board in your classroom, a computer with Internet access, and printer. The computer has Microsoft Office, Movie Maker, and Internet Explorer. You also have a scanner. You do not have a web cam or video camera. There is no computer lab in the school.
Configuration G: You are in a one-computer classroom. Your computer has Internet access. You have a video camera. Your computer has Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Movie Maker. You do not have an LCD projector, screen, printer, or TV. There is no computer lab in the school. All classrooms have the same equipment available.
3) For your assigned configuration, you will brainstorm with your group about how you can adapt the lesson so that you can still use it in your classroom even though you don’t have all the necessary technology. Please use what you learned from readings That’s Not a Drinking Fountain and How to Thrive article, which you have just read.
4) Document your main ideas on the page associated with your assigned configuration (4 to 5 bullet points).
5) Elect one person from your group to present your ideas to the class.